Andy Dzidzava is an actor at the Lado Meskhishvili Drama Theater in Kutaisi. “No Violence!”- Says the famous Georgian actor in this video.
Mariam Robakidze is an actress of the Forum Theater of the Fund "Sukhumi" and in the video, she tells the story of a woman victim of psychological abuse. The actress reads the monologue with emotion, though she has repeatedly played the role of a female victim on stage and has heard a similar story many times.
Fund "Sukhumi" actively works in the field of violence prevention and assistance to victims. The monologue of a woman victim of violence is real. Based on a publication - “Monitoring of Services for the Victims - Support Services for Victims of Domestic Violence and Existing Challenges” prepared by the Fund "Sukhumi" monitoring group.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)
“The results of monitoring carried out in frames of “Gender Responsive Early Warning System”- a collection of reports” - is the new online publication of the organization.
The collection includes three reports:
Extraordinary report of the Fund "Sukhumi" regarding the closure of the checkpoint on Enguri, by the decision of the government of Sukhumi - based on the collection of information by the organization’s monitors on June 28-30.
A report reflecting the mood of the Georgian population and the situation during the election process in Abkhazia - based on data collection in June-August 2019;
Report reflecting the attitude of IDPs and the conflict-affected population on issues of violence against women/domestic violence - based on data collection in October-November 2019.
The Fund “Sukhumi” has prepared a collection of analytical articles entitled “Experience of Visegrad countries and Georgia on the development of the electoral system and enhancing participation of citizens in the elections”. It reflects the political documents of Czech, Polish, Slovak and Georgian experts - the experience of these four countries in formation and development of electoral system, participation of citizens in the process. The collection was prepared in the framework of the project "Online Voting-O-Meter for the Parliamentary Elections of 2020".
The project is implemented with the support of the Visegrad Fund
A new publication has appeared in the Fund “Sukhumi” - “The role and practice of local governments in fighting against domestic violence”. It covers the active cooperation of the Fund “Sukhumi” with local governments in fighting against violence towards the women in the family, in direction of improving the institutional capacities of the municipality, to raise awareness and realize its own role in the fight against violence.
The publication was published Georgian and English and distributed in the local governments with which the Fund cooperates.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklunsdienst (Germany)
Legal Service of the Fund “Sukhumi” published a brochure “STOP Violence!!!”
It presents frequently asked questions on the problem of violence against women / domestic violence, and gives answers / clarifications: what is domestic violence, what are the forms of violence, who is a victim, a rapist, etc.
The brochure shows the phone numbers of the mobilizers of 10 Women Support Centers of the Fund “Sukhumi”, as well as contact details by which the victim can call for help in case of violence.
Part of publications will be handed out during the campaign of 16 Active Days Against Gender-Based Violence.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklunsdienst (Germany)
“The role of law protecting structures and existing practice” - monitoring of the changes made against domestic violence and violence against women”. This is the name of the article published in the Fund“ Sukhumi”. The materials of monitoring conducted on a small scale with local structures of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are used in the publication. In frames of the cabinet research, the existing legislative framework was analyzed.
The monitoring showed visible progress made by the Ministry of Internal affairs in combating violence against women / domestic violence. And also - certain challenges, for overcoming of which the recommendations are presented at the end of the publication.
The members of the Tbilisi representation of the Fund "Sukhumi" and the monitoring group of Kutaisi head office worked on the research.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt – Evangelischer Entwicklunsdienst (Germany)
“Peace building and conflict transformation through the implementation of a Gender -Responsive Early Warning System at local level” is the title of a publication prepared by Fund “Sukhumi” in Georgian, Russian and English languages. It shows the linkage between the gender and a conflict early warning system and the importance of women’s involvement all stages of the systems’ development, as well as the experience of Fund “Sukhumi”, and the first steps made for the implementation of a gender-responsive early warning system in communities – success stories in Kutaisi, Tskhaltubo, Khurcha (Zugdidi municipality).
The project is implemented with the support of Kvinna till Kvinna,
women’s Foundation (Sweden)
The Fund “Sukhumi” prepared the research” “The role and involvement of representatives of medical institutions in the process of identifying, responding and referring violence against women and domestic violence”. It shows the attitude of the medical staff towards violence against women / domestic violence, their vision of the ways out and the recommendations developed as a result of the research.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt – Evangelischer Entwicklunsdienst (Germany)
In frames of the project “Strengthening of medical staff for the protection of violence victims”, the Fund “Sukhumi” began active cooperation with medical staff.
A publication “The role of medical staff in violence prevention”, which will help medical workers to respond accordingly in case of violence against women / domestic violence was published in frames of the project.
The project is implemented with the support of the British Embassy Tbilisi
